posted by Brad Shorr filed under Coffee Break
This is my contribution to Robert Hruzek's group project, What I Learned from Colorful Characters, on Middle Zone Musings.
All people are colorful, but many relationships are black and white.
I knew a salesman, a rather hefty fellow, whose breakfasts consisted of pancakes smothered in butter, syrup, and grape jelly. He worked ten-hour days into his eighties.
Yogi Berra, a long retired
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posted by Brad Shorr filed under Coffee Break
Is This the Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning?
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Sir Winston Churchill, Speech, November 1942.
We don't have anything looming as large as the outcome of World War II, I hope, but nonetheless, reading
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posted by Brad Shorr filed under Coffee Break
Friday Fun and Link Love
How come diners always put a box of toothpicks at the cash register, but never have a trash receptacle for the wrapper? When I was on the road every day in sales, I'd reach into my coat pocket from time to time and pull out 10 or 15 toothpick wrappers. Design flaw.
And while we're in this
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posted by Brad Shorr filed under Coffee Break
Being the dead of winter, I don't know what possessed me to run this cartoon about Bermuda shorts, but there it is. I wonder what brain master Robyn McMaster and innovation master Fred Schlegel will make of this little known incident from King Solomon's court.
Speaking of little known incidents, my sister recommended The Financial Lives of the Poets, by Jess
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posted by Brad Shorr filed under Coffee Break
A Little Year-End Word Game
Years come and go, but we've reached the end of a decade. With that in mind, I looked back over the decades I can recall and tried to sum them up in one word. If you had to sum up a decade in one word ... what word would it be? There are no right or
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posted by Brad Shorr filed under Coffee Break
Lately I've been hitting work topics pretty hard on the blog, so I thought it might be time for some fun.
What Brings a Smile to Your Face?
We tend to think about the big things in life that are important ... but what about the little things? Those things are important too, aren't they? So let's go small. Here's my
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posted by Brad Shorr filed under Coffee Break
Image by Buou via FlickrIf you only know Hugh Laurie from House, you may not know he started in comedy. Here's an extremely funny sketch on one of my favorite themes - words!
Follow the link below to view the 3 minute video -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNoS2BU6bbQ
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